Psychologists Weigh In On 9/11

[Magda Hassan]

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Conspiracies and the Martha Mitchell Effect



John Mitchell was the Attorney-General during the Nixon administration.
His wife - Martha Mitchell - told her psychologist that top White House officials were engaged in illegal activities. Her psychologist labeled these claims as caused by mental illness.


Ultimately, however, the relevant facts of the Watergate scandal vindicated her.


In fact, psychologists have now given a label - the "Martha Mitchell Effect" - to "the process by which a psychiatrist, psychologist, or other mental health clinician mistakes the patient's perception of real events as delusional and misdiagnoses accordingly"....

Well, I'm glad they have a name for it and these poor delusional psychologists and psychiatrists can be treated for it. tupido:

It can be very stressful to be involved in conspiracies, especially the unwitting ones like wives, with the threat of public exposure and and criminal charges or even assassination for knowing 'too much'. No wonder many end up seeing a psychiatrist.

These characteristics consist of backing one or more conspiracy theories unrelated to 9/11, frequently talking about 9/11 conspiracy beliefs with likeminded friends and others, taking a cynical stance toward politics, mistrusting authority, endorsing democratic practices, feeling generally suspicious toward others and displaying an inquisitive, imaginative outlook.

Wow, they sound so......normal. They have friends that they talk to, they are cynical about politics, they have an inquisitive and imaginative outlook and they endorse democratic principle. Mmmmm.... definitely pathological. They are not asleep or sheep and they think and question. Very dangerous. After all, politicians always behave in the interest of society and always tell the truth and authority never abuses its power. As we can see through history there are no such things as conspiracies. Ceasar died of natural causes on the way to the forum and the Watergate burglars just couldn't find their own rooms in the hotel and the Mafia is just a self-help and support group for Italian men.